Getting Chickens back in the pen.

[TheSpiceGirls]

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Right, I get that you are sometimes trying to get them to go back to their run in the middle of the day. Chickens are really quite smart and you need to condition or train them to know that seeds rattling in a container means something good. So I suggest doing that every day or almost every day. They will learn what that sound is and that it means yummy treats. And you don't have to give them too many either.

 

[LadyWoodsong]

Oh ya, getting them to go back in in the middle of the day is another story.....

I also trained mine to come to "chick chick chick chick chickeeeeeeee!" lol Then give them some good treat. Then when I need to put them away during the day, they follow me to the coop. Sometimes my two boys need to help shoo them in. I always have one or two renegades that have a rebellious streak and do NOT want to go back into the coop, no matter what.

 

[chicmom]

If you have an attached run, and you leave the door open, throw some delicious treats in there and they will run right in!